Handle and method of making same



Sept. 30 v. 1924.

M. J. GOLDMAN HANDLE AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME Filed Jan. 10.

IIVVEIVTOH A/omm J. GowM/M A TTORNE Y Patented Sept. 30, 1924.

UNITED STATES MORRIS JACOB GOLDMAN, OF STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK.

HANDLE AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME.

Application filed January 10, 1923.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Monnrs JACOB Gonn- MAN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and resident of Staten Island, in the county of Richmond andState of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inHandles and Methods of Making Same, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to handles such as are used for luggage andsimilar leather articles and has for its principal object to improveupon the construction of the handle and also to provide a new andimproved. method for constructing the handle.

It has heretofore been a common practice to construct these handles witha metal reinforcing rod encased in a plurality of folds or wrappers ofpaper suitably shaped to pro vide a handle grip, and to cover the paperwith a strip of leather which is pounded and worked to the desiredcurvature and then cemented or glued to the paper, the overlapping edgesof the leather strip belng joined together on the top of the grlp bysewing a seam through the edges as close to the grip as possible, afterwhich the surplus leather of the overlapping edges is cut or trimmedoff. This type of grip is expensive to make because of the laborrequired, and also because of the waste of leather, it being necessaryto leave a wide margin of leather for the overlapping edges in order toprovide a sufficient amount of material to be received in the sewingmachine which has to be trimmed off after the seam is completed.Furthermore, the seam produces an objectionable projecting ridge and thethreads of the seam break after the handle is in use a short timeallowing the leather covering to become detached thereby necessitatingfrequent repairs.

I am aware that it has been proposed to make the handle foundation of apair of similar halves of sheet metal which are soldered together, butthe handle having the sheet metal filling is not only subject to theobjections noted above, as the leather covering must be sewed in thesame manner but is also subject to the objection that the leathercovering can not readily be glued or cemented to the metal.

A further object of this invention is to provide a new and improvedconstruction for an article of this type which will not only involveless labor costs for its produc- Serial No. 611,700.

tion, and require less material for its construction, but which will bemore substantial and therefore give better service but by presenting asubstantially smooth surface without projecting ridges will present amore pleasing appearance aswell as afford a more comfortable grip forthe hands.

For the accomplishment of these and such further objects as willhereinafter be apparent to those skilled in the art to which thisappertains, the invention consists in a method for producing the handleand in the construction, combination and arrangement of the parts of thehandle as herein specifically described and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings wherein is shown a preferred embodiment of theinvention, but it is to be understood that changes, variations andmodifications may be resorted to which fall within the scope of theclaims hereunto appended.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification and wherein likereference characters indicate corresponding parts through the severalviews,

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the foundation or filllng members of thehandle shown disassembled but in similar positions with respect to eachother when assembled.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a handle embodying my invention, portionsbeing broken away to show the int rnal construction.

Fig. 8 is a top view of the structure shown in Fig. 2 similarly brokenaway.

Fig. 4 is a transverse section through a handle illustrating the mannerin which the leather covering is inserted into and secured to thefoundation and Fig. 5 is a transverse section of a completed handle.

As shown in the drawings, the numerals 10 indicate two similar halves ofthe main foundation or filling of the handle which halves are of thecurved configuration common to handles of this character and which maybe of any suitable material, such as papier mach, wood, fiber or thelike, to which glue or cement will readily adhere, and which will enablethe halves to be solidly constructed without adding undue weight to thehandle. I prefer to use papier mach for constructing the foundationhalves, each of which is provided with a central groove 11 adapted whenthe halves are brought into contacting relationship to provide a pocketin which is snugly received the reinforcing metal rod 12 which isprovided at its extremities with the eyes 13, adapted when the parts areassembled to align with the apertures 14 provided in the foundationhalves 10.

The handle is preferably covered with a piece of leather 15, in theusual manner and is secured to the bag or other article by means ofmetal rings 16 to the straps l? in the usual and well known manner.

In constructing the handle the foundation halves are preferably mouldedof paper pulp in a suitable Inold'which is provided with pins to formthe apertures 14 and a suitably formed rib or projection to produce thegrooves 11, thisoperat-io'n preferably being carried out in asuitablep'ress. After the halves have been moulded, the flat inner sidesare coated with 'glue, orcement and the halves are brought together,tl1e metal reinforcingstrip being inserted into one of the r s.-

The leather covering strip 15 is then coated on its inner facewith glueor cement and placedaroundth'e foundation with the overlapping ends ofthe strip on the upper side and with the ends arranged to overlap theupper line of juncture between the halves A flat tool having a taperedend such as indicated at 18 (Fig. f) is then used to push the "ends ofthe leather strip in between the foundation halves, the turned in endsbeing suitably coated wit'lr'glue onceinent, after which the handle isfirmly pressed together and placed aside toallow theadhesive to set, across section of the finished handle appeering as shown in Fig. 5. Itwill be understood that by cdating the inner side of the leathercovering with adhesivenot only produces a smooth finished surfacebutalso aids to hold the entire handle together in a secure compactform.

It will be understood that although I have shown and prefer to use ametal reinforcing rod in the center of the filling, that this rod may bedispensed with-as the filling constructed as described is sufficientlystrong to give satisfactory service without the metal rod.

Having thus "described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by LetlersPa't'ent, is:

1. A handle of the type set forth comprising a f lling consisting of apair of similar substantially solid halves constructed of fibrousmaterial, the inner faces of said halves being providedwith a groove,a'metal reinforcing rod received in said groove and encased by saidhalves, said halves being secured together by a suitable adhesive toform a compact substantially solid structure.

2. A handleof the type set forth comprising a filling"consisting of apairof similar substantially solid halves constructed of fibrousmaterial, the innerfaccs of said halves being provided with a groove, ametal reinforcing rod received in said groove and encased by saidhalves, said halves being secured together by a suitable adhesive toform a con'n not substantially solid structure and a leather stripentirely covering said lill- 'ing and having its overlapping endsinserted between the inner faces of said halves and retained therein bysaid halves when said halves are scchred by said adhesive.

3. it. handle of the type set forth comprising a filling consisting of apair of similar substantially solid halves constructed of fibrousmaterial the "inner faces of said ha ves being provided. with a groove,:1 metal reinforcing rod received in said groove and encased by saidhalves, said halves being secured together by a suitable adhesive toform a compact substantially solid structure a leather strip entirelycovering said filling and having its 0 u'lapping ends inserted bctweenthe inner faces of said halves and retained therein by said halves whensaid halves aresecurcd by said adhesive, the inner side of said leathercovering and its overlapping ends having a coating of adhesive thereonwhereby said covering this in sccurely holding the halves of the fillingin a compact substantially solid structure.

1-. A handle of the typeset forth comprising a filling consisting of apair of similar substantially solid halves, a leather strip entirelycovering saidfilling and having its ends inserted into and securedbetween the inner ciintacting faces of said halves, and a coating ofadhesive between said filling andstrip wl'lereby said strip will causesaidhalvesof the filling to be securely held together to form a compactsubstantially solid structure.

5. A handle'of the type set forth comprisinga filling consisting of apair of similar substantially solid halves hzwinghhived outer faces andsubstantially plane inner faces adapted to be brought into contactingengagement, and a leather strip entirely covering said filling andhaving 'its ends insorted into the secured between said plane innerfaces whereby the use of projecting scams'or stitchingisavoided, andmeans to securely hold said halves with said inner faces in contactingengagement \vliereby a compact substantially solid structure is formed.

6. The method of making a handle of the type set forth which consists inforinirlg a pair of similar lilling or foundation halves, having curvedouter faces and plane inner faces, coating the saidinner faces with:idhesive, placing said inner faces in juxtaposition, wrapping saidhalves with a leather covering inserting the o vcrlapl'iing ends of saidleather covering between the juxtaposed inner faces of said halves andpressing the lill) handle to cause the adhesive to secure said halvesand covering in a compact substantially solid structure.

7. The method of making a handle of the type set forth which consists informing a pair of similar filling or foundation halves, having curvedouter faces and plane inner faces, coating the said inner faces withadhesive inserting a metal reinforcing rod in a suitable pocket formedby said halves placing said inner faces in juxtaposition, wrapping saidhalves with a leather covering, inserting the overlapping ends of saidleather covering between the juxtaposed inner faces of said halves andpressing the handle to cause the adhesive to secure said halves andcovering in a compact substantially solid structure.

8. The method of making a handle of the type set forth which consists informing a pair of similar filling or foundation halves, having curvedouter faces and plane inner faces, coating the said inner faces Withadhesive, placing said inner faces in juxtaposition wrapping said halveswith a leather covering between which and said halves a coating ofadhesive is applied inserting the overlapping ends of said leathercovering between the juxtaposed inner faces of said halves and pressingthe handle to cause the adhesive to secure said halves and covering in acompact substantially solid structure.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,this 29 day of November A. D. 1922.

MORRIS JACOB GOLDMAN.

